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*Some accents pronounce nasal vowels as long ones. | *Some accents pronounce nasal vowels as long ones. | ||
*Some (nonstandard) accents merge front rounded vowels into their unrounded counterparts. | *Some (nonstandard) accents merge front rounded vowels into their unrounded counterparts. | ||
*Some accents merge different nasal vowels so that the total number of nasal vowels is less than 11. | *Some accents merge different nasal vowels so that the total number of nasal vowels is less than 11. The first victims tend to be the back nasal vowels /ũ õ ɔ̃/, which may merge into one or two vowels, and the front rounded nasal vowels /ỹ ø̃ œ̃/, which merge into their unrounded counterparts /ĩ ẽ ɛ̃/. | ||
====Peninsular==== | ====Peninsular==== | ||
*''ee øø oo ia wa'' are all monophthongs: [e: ø: o: i: u:] | *''ee øø oo ia wa'' are all monophthongs: [e: ø: o: i: u:] | ||